EDC 430 F10 WK 07 - Coffee Can Investigation and Inquiry

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Agenda for Class 06: Tuesday, October 18, 2010

Main Topics/Goals: Begin to Think about Inquiry as a Teaching/Learning Opportunity


Activities

  • Two-Person Share Out: Llewellyn's Ten Questions
    • What questions do YOU have about using "scientific inquiry" in your classrooms?
  • The Coffee Can Investigation
    • What do we know about investigating motion and forces?
    • Stage 1: Investigating Familiar Motion
      • Background: How do we study an object's motion?
      • Using a sensor to access basic motion graphs; Good graphs and Bad graphs; Interpreting graphs qualitatively and quantitatively.
      • Discussion: What did we find out? How can use use these tools to investigate complex motion?
    • Stage 2: Investigating Something More Complicated: Free Fall*
      • Discussion: What did we find out? Where There Any Surprises?
    • Stage 3: Can we use our tools and Newton's Laws to Understand a the Coffee Can Force?
      • Discussion: What do we know about the Coffee Can Force and How do we know it?
  • Closing

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